WEST WINDSOR — Christina Rosca found herself in a familiar situation Wednesday afternoon, and she responded the same way she did three days earlier —by winning.

The fourth-seeded Rosca captured the state singles title with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win againstNo. 2 seed Valerie Shklover of Fair Lawn in a match at Mercer County Park. The win kept her perfect season intact and gave Princetonits first girls state singles title.

Rosca rallied from a set down Sunday to defeat top-seeded Joanna Zalewski of Linden in the semifinals.

“It is definitely a great achievement, but I am more focused on how I played rather than achievement,” Rosca said. “I feel like the achievement is temporary and something that feels good in the moment. But later it doesn’t really matter that much. I thought I played well today and I thought she played really well, too. It was just the difference of a couple points. I might have been lucky. It was really a close match.”

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Rosca fell behind, 1-5, in the opening set before dropping it, 3-6. She led, 3-2, in the second set after an early break, but Shklover responded with a break of her own to make it 3-3. Rosca responded with another break to go up, 4-3, and closed out the set winning, 6-4. The third set was tied, 3-3, before Rosca broke Shklover’s serve in the seventh game and won the final two games.

“I’ve always just tried to focus on every point and not worry about the score,” said Rosca, who earlier this season won the Mercer County Tournament first singles title. “Usually when I focus on the score I start playing worse because I am more focused on the outcome rather than the process. Usually when I focus on the process things go my way and I play well.”

After losing five of the first six games of the match, Rosca won 15 of the final 23, overcoming a slow start like she did in the semifinals.

“It is always trying to find your game at the beginning and figuring out your strengths versus their strengths and where their weaknesses might be,” Princeton coach Sarah Hibbert said. “She has played in a ton of big matches, but this is something different with all the teams around and the officials and cameras on court. It is kind of a different mindset. She is a sophomore and a very seasoned tournament player. But I am sure there were a little bit of nerves there.”

Rosca and Shklover played similar games, seemingly chasing down every ball.

“It was a very high-level match,” Hibbert said. “They are both great players and they worked hard. There was some great tennis played there. It was a great result for Chris for her to be able to come back from the first set deficit and play as well as she did.”

Rosca reached the state semifinals last year. She took it one step farther in 2013 with added experience.

“Any time you have been on a big stage before it just helps you,” Hibbert said. “This was the first final, but I think getting to the semis as a freshman ... she just continued working on her game and is that much better this year.”

Rosca and the rest of the Princeton team return to the Mercer County Park courts Thursday when the Little Tigers face Chatham in the Group III state semifinals at 9 a.m. With a win, they advance to the Group III state final at 1 p.m. against the winner of Moorestown and Montville.